The Monster She Wrote Podcast

Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson
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The Monster She Wrote Podcast

Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson, authors of MONSTER, SHE WROTE (Quirk Books), discuss women in the horror genre.

  1. OCT 15

    Christa Carmen's The Daughters of Block Island

    In this episode, we are discussing Christa Carmen’s meta Gothic novel The Daughters of Block Island with special guest Crystal O’Leary-Davidson. Crystal O’Leary-Davidson, writing as C. O. Davidson has published fiction in PseudoPod, Cemetery Gates, and in anthologies, most recently Hard to Find: An Anthology of New Southern Gothic. Her story, “The Mark,” in Vastarien, was recognized by editor Ellen Datlow in her anthology of The Best of Horror of the Year, Vol. 15 as one of the works of “notable dark fiction in 2022.” An English professor at Middle Georgia State University, she teaches classes in the Gothic, the Weird, and slasher horror films, and she co-edited a book of critical essays, Monsters of Film, Fiction, and Fable. Currently she is writing on the American mall in teen horror. Davidson serves on the board of Broadleaf Writers, and is one of the founding members of the Atlanta Chapter of the Horror Writers Association.She makes her home in Georgia amongst the pine trees with her husband, the novelist Andy Davidson, and their clowder of beloved cats.   NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses.  Recommended in this episode: B.R. Myers’s A Dreadful Splendor and I Saw the TV Glow  UP NEXT: a very special Halloween episode! Buy our books here, including our newest Toil and Trouble.

    55 min

  2. OCT 1

    The Unmothers by Leslie J. Anderson

    About The Unmothers: After the death of her husband, journalist Marshall is sent to the small town of Raeford to investigate a clearly ridiculous rumor—that a horse has given birth to a human baby. As she's pulled deeper into the town and its guarded people, she realizes Raeford may be harboring more dark secrets than she expected.   NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses.    Recommended in this episode: The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir   UP NEXT: The Daughters of Block Island with special guest Crystal O’Leary-Davidson Buy our books here, including our newest Toil and Trouble.

    45 min

  3. SEP 17

    Interview with Leslie J. Anderson

    Leslie J. Anderson has spent much of her life riding, training, and caring for horses. Her collection of poetry, An Inheritance of Stone, was nominated for an Elgin Award. She has a master’s in creative writing from Ohio University and lives in Ohio with her family. The Unmothers is her debut novel. NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses.  UP NEXT: The Unmothers   Buy our books here, including our newest Toil and Trouble.

    42 min

  4. SEP 3

    Joyce Carol Oates's "The Long-Legged Girl"

    Joyce Carol Oates’s story “The Long-Legged Girl” (collected in Night-Gaunts) is part horror story, part cozy mystery…after all, the plot of the story revolves around a teapot. That tea contains poison, of course, but the sentiment is there nonetheless. Our story begins as a frustrated housewife hosts her professor-husband’s young, gorgeous, and yes, long-legged student at their home.    NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses.    Recommended in this episode: I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones and Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson    Bonus Recs: Let Me Tell You and Come Along With Me   UP NEXT: Interview with Leslie J. Anderson (The Unmothers)   Buy our books here, including our newest Toil and Trouble.

    1h 3m

  5. AUG 20

    Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory

    Join Mel and Lisa as we discuss Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory. When 12-year-old Robert Stephens is sent to Gracetown School For Boys, a reformatory, he finds himself in a nightmare. Like many children in Gracetown, Florida, he has a special ability to see ghosts, a “talent” which the warden exploits, charging Robbie with the task of getting rid of the “haints” of the boys who died because of the warden’s cruel treatment.    NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses.    Recommended in this episode: Stephen Graham Jones’s I Was a Teenage Slasher and Julia Alvarez’s The Cemetery of Untold Stories   UP NEXT: “The Long Legged Girl” by Joyce Carol Oates (collected in Night-Gaunts) Buy our books here, including our newest Toil and Trouble.

    47 min

  6. AUG 6

    Lora Senf's The Clackity

    Join Lisa and Mel as they discuss Lora Senf’s The Clackity. Young Evie lives with her aunt in Blight Harbor–a seemingly quiet small town where everyone knows each other and looks out for each other. There’s just one small problem: it is the seventh most haunted town in America. Nearly everywhere you go, there are ghosts. Most are friendly. Still, there are some places everyone avoids. Like the abattoir. But now Evie must go there to save her aunt, who has gone missing.  NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses.    Recommended in this episode: Catriona Ward’s Looking Glass Sound    UP NEXT:  The Reformatory by Tananarive Due   Buy our books here, including our newest Toil and Trouble.

    46 min
  7. Announcing Our Bookshop.Org Shop!

    JUL 23

    Announcing Our Bookshop.Org Shop!

    We have a bookshop.org shop set up. Now you can shop for all of your favorite horror books by women. You’ll find Lisa's books, Mel’s books, and the books you hear about on this podcast. Plus, bookshop helps small bookstores. Find all of our favorite books at Bookshop.org shop now!

    2 min

  8. JUL 23

    Gwendolyn Kiste's "Your Mother's Love is an Apocalypse

    Mothers come in all shapes and sizes. Some are good, caring, and loving. And some are a bit more complicated. Sometimes it feels like a mother can be out to absolutely destroy your world–the mother at the heart of Gwendolyn Kiste’s story “Your Mother’s Love is an Apocalypse” (from the Mother Knows Best anthology) is of the latter ilk. Kiste explores the difficult mother-daughter relationship and asks the question: when does the responsibility of the daughter to take care of the mother end?    NEWS: We have a Bookshop.org shop now! Find all of our favorite books at our shop–and help out small businesses.    Recommended in this episode: Simone St. James’s Murder Road and the anthology Mother Knows Best (which includes the story “Your Mother’s Love is an Apocalypse”)    UP NEXT: Lora Senf’s The Clackity    Buy our books here, including our newest Toil and Trouble.

    41 min
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Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson, authors of MONSTER, SHE WROTE (Quirk Books), discuss women in the horror genre.

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